And John kept saying we were musically standing still." Lennon wasn’t particularly taken with the high concept McCartney-helmed projects that the band were obliged to go along with.

When Paul McCartney and John Lennon first met, McCartney made it his mission to impress the older boy. Lennon was already in a band, and McCartney was eager to show he could play music as well.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon clicked when they wrote together Lennon and McCartney met at a church festival. Lennon and his band, the Quarrymen, had performed to an audience that included McCartney.

Paul McCartney First Saw John Lennon on a Liverpool Bus and Thought 'That's a Cool-Looking Guy' "I'd seen him a couple of times and thought, 'Wow, you know, he's an interesting looking guy,'" Paul ...

Paul McCartney said he wrote a huge portion of The Beatles’ “In My Life.” He anticipated that his memory could hurt the feelings of John Lennon’s family.

John Lennon in 1973 and Paul McCartney in 2018. Credit : Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage ...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s relationship did not end on ideal terms. While they had moved past the vitriol of the late 1960s and early 1970s, they never quite reached the level of ...

In 1970, Paul McCartney announced that The Beatles had broken up, and John Lennon made his dissatisfaction with his bandmate abundantly clear. He wrote songs about McCartney and insulted him in ...

John Lennon would screen Paul McCartney’s calls Throughout the 1970s, McCartney reached out to Lennon in an effort to rebuild their relationship. This was made difficult by the fact that Lennon ...

Paul McCartney said John Lennon seemed excited to tell him he was leaving The Beatles In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that toward the end of 1969, John “had quite gleefully told ...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon publicly fought after The Beatles broke up In 1971, Lennon gave a scathing interview with Rolling Stone in which he aired out his problems with his former bandmates.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon met at a village fete in 1957 On a hot summer’s day in 1957, Paul and his school friend, Ivan Vaughan, attended a village fete (garden party) at St. Peter’s ...